35 Prison (2/2)
As the horse carriage speed up, it started to shake violently. An Jinxiu almost fell out of the carriage. Fortunately, she had grabbed the door frame with both of her hands to stabilize herself.
An Yuanzhi galloped into an alley. There were residences on both sides of the alley. An Yuanzhi brought An Jinyi along to these intertwined roots. They drive around familiarly in the residential alleys.
In the end, An Jinxiu was completely confused by these alleyways that didn't seem too different from her usual ones. However, An Yuanzhi told her that they had almost reached the eastern part of the justice courts.
An Jinyi sat on the horse carriage and looked towards the direction they were heading. What she saw, however, was still a large area of residents. She didn't even see the top of the half inch cell wall.
”Just three more alleys and it'll be fine,” An Yuanzhi told An Jin with a smile. ”Don't worry, Sis. I won't get lost in the capital.”
”You run around the city all day?” An Jinxiu asked snappily, ”You're not going to practice martial arts anymore?”
An Yuanzhi said, ”There are many experts in the martial arts world hidden in the capital city. I'm just looking for them to compete in martial arts. Is this not also a type of martial arts practice?”
An Jinxiu patted An Yuanzhi's back, but didn't say anything. She didn't ask An Yuanzhi to teach him martial arts, nor did he allow him to go outside to study martial arts.
An Jinxiu knew that An Yuanzhi's martial arts was quite good, but she now somewhat clear on how he had learned those martial arts.
”We'll arrive in a hundred li.” An Yuanzhi said to An Jinxiu, ”Sis, my martial arts aren't any worse than brother-in-law's.”
An Jinxiu smiled and nodded. Looking at the dark sky, she asked An Yuanzhi, ”Do you want me to light up the lamp and hang it on the front of the carriage?”
An Yuanzhi said, ”No need. I can see the road.”
The deeper they drove into the alley, the less people there seemed to be. An Jin didn't know what kind of people lived on either side of the alley and why they didn't light up even when it was dark.
”There's a gust of wind outside. Sis, you can go back to the carriage.” An Yuanzhi urged An Jin to return to the carriage after the night breeze blew.
An Jinxiu sat back in the carriage and they drove along the quiet road. This caused her to become nervous for some unknown reason.
An Yuanzhi drove the carriage through two alleys before suddenly stopping the carriage.
After the car came to a halt, An Jin stuck her head out of the carriage and asked anxiously, ”What's wrong?” Then, before An Yuanzhi could say anything, An Jinxiu saw the flame shooting up into the sky from the high wall not far away.
An Yuanzhi exclaimed, ”The prison is on fire!”